Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Institution
- Keyword
-
- Maine (17)
- Food system (5)
- Local foods (4)
- Agriculture (2)
- Biological control (2)
-
- Bulk density (2)
- Evapotranspiration (2)
- Federal farm bill (2)
- Food production (2)
- Fruit quality (2)
- Grapevine (2)
- Land use (2)
- Organic farming (2)
- Photosynthesis (2)
- Quality (2)
- Root growth potential (2)
- Sustainability (2)
- Tomato (2)
- Turkey (2)
- Watermelon (2)
- AFOLU (1)
- Abrasive wear (1)
- Abscisic acid (1)
- Acclimatization (1)
- Acid scarification (1)
- Agricultural land suitability class (1)
- Agronomic traits (1)
- Alternative feed options (1)
- Ammonium polyphosphate (1)
- Anatolian black pine (1)
Articles 1 - 30 of 100
Full-Text Articles in Life Sciences
Louisiana Agriculture Fall, 2011, Lsu Agcenter
Louisiana Agriculture Fall, 2011, Lsu Agcenter
Louisiana Agriculture
No abstract provided.
Efecto Del Almacenamiento De Huevo Incubable Con La Cámara De Aire Hacia Abajo, Sobre La Incubabilidad, Según La Edad De Las Reproductoras, Para Tres Días De Rotación, Marco Guío, Jorge Briñez, Jorge Amado, Andrés Martínez
Efecto Del Almacenamiento De Huevo Incubable Con La Cámara De Aire Hacia Abajo, Sobre La Incubabilidad, Según La Edad De Las Reproductoras, Para Tres Días De Rotación, Marco Guío, Jorge Briñez, Jorge Amado, Andrés Martínez
Revista Ciencia Animal
Actualmente, las líneas de conformación han reducido presión sobre la producción de huevos por parte de las abuelas y reproductoras pesadas, mientras se han concentrado en el rendimiento del pollo de engorde, evidenciándose mejores conversiones alimenticias en ambos sexos. Este contexto expone el hecho de que, en Colombia, las empresas más exitosas, que se encuentran entre el 5% y el 25% de productividad del país, con dificultad podrán superar los resultados históricos. Se hace necesario analizar todas las oportunidades de mejora en el manejo que contribuyan a maximizar los rendimientos zootécnicos de las aves, para obtener la mayor cantidad posible …
Do Wind Turbines Affect Weather Conditions?: A Case Study In Indiana, Meghan F. Henschen, Brittany Herrholtz, Lacey Rhudy, Kathryn Demchak, Brian Doogs, Joshua Holland, Erik Larson, Johnny Martin, Matthew Rudkin
Do Wind Turbines Affect Weather Conditions?: A Case Study In Indiana, Meghan F. Henschen, Brittany Herrholtz, Lacey Rhudy, Kathryn Demchak, Brian Doogs, Joshua Holland, Erik Larson, Johnny Martin, Matthew Rudkin
The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research
Wind turbines are becoming increasingly widespread in the United States as the world looks for cleaner sources of energy. Scientists, policymakers, and citizens have strong opinions regarding the positive and negative effects of wind energy projects, and there is a great deal of misinformation about wind energy circulating on the Web and other media sources. The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of how the rotation of hundreds of turbines can influence local weather conditions within a wind farm and in the surrounding areas. This experiment measures temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind speed, wind direction, relative humidity, …
Louisiana Agriculture Summer, 2011
Louisiana Agriculture Spring, 2011, Lsu Agcenter
Louisiana Agriculture Spring, 2011, Lsu Agcenter
Louisiana Agriculture
No abstract provided.
Section Abstracts: Agriculture, Forestry And Aquaculture Science
Section Abstracts: Agriculture, Forestry And Aquaculture Science
Virginia Journal of Science
Abstracts of the Agriculture, Forestry, and Aquaculture Sciences section for the Virginia Academy of Science 89th Annual Meeting, May 25-27, 2011, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia.
Climate Change And Idaho Agriculture: Is Farm Size A Determinate Of Adaptive Capacity?, Blair P. Vanderlugt
Climate Change And Idaho Agriculture: Is Farm Size A Determinate Of Adaptive Capacity?, Blair P. Vanderlugt
McNair Scholars Research Journal
Determining how agriculture will be affected by climate change is not only a question biophysical change in crop production; it also depends on the adaptation of the farmer to these changing conditions. A flaw in models using nationally aggregated cross sectional data is that the adaptive capacity of unique farms is not captured in the analysis. In order to understand the local effect of climate change on welfare models must capture attributes specific to the study area. Factors that must be taken into consideration include farm characteristics local policy and institutional frameworks (Antle et al. 2004; Mendelsohn, Nordhaus, and Shaw …
Long Term, Continuous Temperature Monitoring Of A Simple Anaerobic Digester And Open Manure Storage Pond In Eastern South Dakota, J. Darrington, E. Cortus
Long Term, Continuous Temperature Monitoring Of A Simple Anaerobic Digester And Open Manure Storage Pond In Eastern South Dakota, J. Darrington, E. Cortus
The Journal of Undergraduate Research
A two-cell manure storage system with a cover on the first cell was constructed in the late summer of 2009 in Eastern South Dakota. The covered cell acts as a simple anaerobic digester. Continuous temperature monitoring for 8 months shows the winter effluent temperature equilibrated to around 6°C, and that the effluent temperature trend lagged the ambient temperature trend by a month. Manure composition was also analyzed and was found to be relatively steady throughout the system. Volatile solids were the only component that dropped appreciably across the treatment cell, with an observed maximum of 50% reduction.
Getting To Green: Niche-Driven Or Government-Led Entrepreneurship And Sustainability In The Wine Industry, Lauretta Frederking
Getting To Green: Niche-Driven Or Government-Led Entrepreneurship And Sustainability In The Wine Industry, Lauretta Frederking
New England Journal of Entrepreneurship
Through the framework of Michael Porter’s five forces, this article compares sustainability in the Oregon and British Columbia wine industries. After describing the contrasting characteristics of the green niche model and the government-led model of environmental change, the article analyzes the emerging challenges for each type of change.The distinct sources for profitability and future innovation suggests diversity within the sustainability movement and two very different processes of translating environmental values into entrepreneurial practice.
2011 Agricultural Research Southeast Agricultural Research Center, Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station And Cooperative Extension Service
2011 Agricultural Research Southeast Agricultural Research Center, Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station And Cooperative Extension Service
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
No abstract provided.
Micropropagation Of The Apricot (Prunus Armeniaca L.) Cv. Hacıhaliloğlu By Means Of Single Node Culture, Hakan Yildirim, Ahmet Onay, Engi̇n Ti̇lkat, Zafer Aktürk
Micropropagation Of The Apricot (Prunus Armeniaca L.) Cv. Hacıhaliloğlu By Means Of Single Node Culture, Hakan Yildirim, Ahmet Onay, Engi̇n Ti̇lkat, Zafer Aktürk
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
Hacıhaliloğlu is one of the most widely cultivated apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) cultivars in Turkey. It produces fruit of excellent quality and is consumed both fresh and dried. In this study several factors affecting in vitro culture, rapid proliferation, rooting, and acclimatization of the apricot cultivar Hacıhaliloğlu were examined. During this study significant differences in harvesting dates were observed, with the month of May being noted as the best time to examine the in vitro culture of Hacıhaliloğlu. The effects of the cytokinin 6-benzylaminopurine (BA), kinetin (Kin), and thidiazuron (TDZ) were evaluated individually, and different concentrations of BA were also …
Louisiana Agriculture Winter, 2011, Lsu Agcenter
Louisiana Agriculture Winter, 2011, Lsu Agcenter
Louisiana Agriculture
No abstract provided.
Instructions For Authors, Discovery Editors
Instructions For Authors, Discovery Editors
Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
No abstract provided.
Contents, Discovery Editors
Contents, Discovery Editors
Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
No abstract provided.
A Novel Gene Silencing Vector For Plant Genomics And Biotechnology, Dustin Hoover, Scott Nicholson, Vibha Srivastava
A Novel Gene Silencing Vector For Plant Genomics And Biotechnology, Dustin Hoover, Scott Nicholson, Vibha Srivastava
Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
Gene silencing is a process of suppressing activity of specific genes by producing “interfering” RNA encoded by foreign genes. This process serves as the principle of genetic modification in plants and animals, which is an important tool in genomics and biotechnology, allowing scientists to manipulate organisms to better meet human demands. New approaches of gene silencing may enable improvements on current practices of genetic modification, and broaden the application and impact of gene silencing in biotechnology. Recently, a novel vector design consisting of the transcription of short gene fragments lacking transcription termination signals was demonstrated to be effective in partial …
Effects Of Tall Fescue And Lactate Dehydrogenase Genetic Polymorphisms On Dairy Heifer Growth And Immune Function, Rachel Henry, Marites Sales, Charles Rosenkrans
Effects Of Tall Fescue And Lactate Dehydrogenase Genetic Polymorphisms On Dairy Heifer Growth And Immune Function, Rachel Henry, Marites Sales, Charles Rosenkrans
Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
Objectives of this project were to evaluate polymorphisms in upstream elements of the lactate dehydrogenase B (LDHB) gene in crossbred dairy heifers (n = 27) and their effects on immune function and heifer growth when grazing endophyte-infected tall fescue. Two cultivars of tall fescue were utilized: Kentucky 31 (KY31), a wild-type endophyte-infected tall fescue, and HiMag 4 (HiMag), a domesticated non-toxic endophyte-infected tall fescue. Crossbred dairy heifers (Holstein × Jersey) were stratified by weight and randomly allotted to forage. The LDHB gene codes for one subunit of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), an enzyme that catalyzes pyruvate to lactate and back to …
Methyl Bromide Alternatives For Presowing Fumigation In Tobacco Seedling Production, Özhan Boz, Ayhan Yildiz, Kemal Benli̇oğlu, Hati̇ce Seher Benli̇oğlu
Methyl Bromide Alternatives For Presowing Fumigation In Tobacco Seedling Production, Özhan Boz, Ayhan Yildiz, Kemal Benli̇oğlu, Hati̇ce Seher Benli̇oğlu
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of soil fumigant alternatives to methyl bromide (MeBr) on the weeds, damping-off, and seedling growth of tobacco. Methyl bromide (90 g m^{-2}), dazomet (D) (50 g m^{-2}), and metam sodium (MS) (100 mL m^{-2}) were evaluated in 2 locations in the Karacasu district of Aydın province, Turkey, February-April 2005. In addition, half doses of D and MS were investigated in 2006. MeBr treatment had 52.5% control against the postemergence damping-off caused by Pythium spp., while alternative treatments had no effect on the disease in 2005. In 2006, MeBr and MS (100 mL m^{-2}) …
Utilization Of Boron Compounds As Synergists With Ammonium Polyphosphate For Flame Retardant Wood-Polymer Composites, Ramazan Kurt, Fati̇h Mengeloğlu
Utilization Of Boron Compounds As Synergists With Ammonium Polyphosphate For Flame Retardant Wood-Polymer Composites, Ramazan Kurt, Fati̇h Mengeloğlu
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
The investigation consisted of utilizing boron compounds (BCs) as a synergist with ammonium polyphosphate (APP) in manufacturing flame retardant wood-polymer composites (WPCs). Flame retardants (FRs) at various ratios (APP, boric acid (BA), borax (BX), zinc borate and BA/BX mixtures) were used to determine the physical, mechanical, and burning rate properties of WPCs manufactured from wood flour, polypropylene, and maleic anhydride polypropylene. The results showed that the addition of FRs reduced all mechanical properties of WPCs except for impact strength. However, this reduction was lower for samples having BCs in FRs formulation. Similar burning rate results were achieved in WPCs having …
Evaluation Of Some Wood Quality Measures Of Eight-Year-Old Melia Azedarach Trees, Loutfy Ibrahim El-Juhany
Evaluation Of Some Wood Quality Measures Of Eight-Year-Old Melia Azedarach Trees, Loutfy Ibrahim El-Juhany
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
This study investigated the wood quality of 8-year-old Melia azedarach trees grown in Saudi Arabia. The wood quality of the trees was studied in terms of fibre length, specific gravity, and heartwood/sapwood area. The sampled trees were felled, their stem height and diameter were measured, and discs were cut from the stem base and breast height of each tree. Fibre length and specific gravity at breast height were determined, as well as the area and proportion of heartwood and sapwood at both base- and breast-height cross sections. The results showed that the fibre length of Melia azedarach wood varied between …
Effect Of Acid Scarification And Cold Moist Stratification On The Germination Of Cercis Siliquastrum L. Seeds, Elias Pipinis, Elias Milios, Pavlos Smiris, Christos Gioumousidis
Effect Of Acid Scarification And Cold Moist Stratification On The Germination Of Cercis Siliquastrum L. Seeds, Elias Pipinis, Elias Milios, Pavlos Smiris, Christos Gioumousidis
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
Dormancy in Cercis siliquastrum seeds is due to the hard, impermeable seed coat and inhibition by endosperm. The effects of acid scarification, cold moist stratification, and the combination of both on breaking dormancy and enhancing seed germination were evaluated. Seeds were scarified with concentrated (95%-97%) sulfuric acid for various times (0, 20, 40, and 60 min), followed by cold moist stratification for 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 months. Unscarified seeds did not germinate whether they were stratified (up until 4 months) or not. Similarly, seeds that were scarified (20, 40, and 60 min) and then stratified for 0 or …
Aba-Mediated Proline Synthesis In Cowpea Leaves Exposed To Water Deficiency And Rehydration, Roberto Cezar Lobo Da Costa, Allan Klynger Da Silva Lobato, Joaquim Albenísio Gomes Da Silveira, Haywood Dail Laughinghouse Iv
Aba-Mediated Proline Synthesis In Cowpea Leaves Exposed To Water Deficiency And Rehydration, Roberto Cezar Lobo Da Costa, Allan Klynger Da Silva Lobato, Joaquim Albenísio Gomes Da Silveira, Haywood Dail Laughinghouse Iv
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
The aim of this study was (i) to evaluate the impact of water deficit and rehydration on nitrogen compounds and abscisic acid of Vigna unguiculata leaves, and (ii) to investigate the hypothesis that abscisic acid influences proline. The experimental design was entirely randomized in a factorial design, with 2 water conditions (control and stress) and 7 evaluation periods (0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 days under water deficit, followed by the 5th and 6th day under rehydration). The leaf relative water content presented significant reduction, presenting a lower value on the 4th day of treatment under water deficit. After rehydration, …
Stem Reserve Accumulation And Mobilization In Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) As Affected By Sowing Date And N – P – K Levels Under Mediterranean Conditions, Amir Aynehband, Maryam Valipoor, Esfandiar Fateh
Stem Reserve Accumulation And Mobilization In Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) As Affected By Sowing Date And N – P – K Levels Under Mediterranean Conditions, Amir Aynehband, Maryam Valipoor, Esfandiar Fateh
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
Some parts of the dry matter accumulated in the wheat stem during the vegetative period are translocated to grain during the grain-filling period. This study assesses the changes in dry matter accumulation in wheat, and the translocation of different internodes of the main stem as affected by some cultural practices. Field experiments, including 3 sowing dates (early, conventional, and late), and 4 N - P - K levels, F_1 - (0 - 0 - 0), F_2 - (110 - 90 - 80), F_3 - (70 - 50 - 40) and F_4 - (150 - 130 - 120), were conducted at …
Production Of Cellulase By Pleurotus Ostreatus And Pleurotus Sajor-Caju In Solid State Fermentation Of Lignocellulosic Biomass, Md Ibrahim Khalil, Mia Mahmudul Hoque, Mafroz Ahmed Basunia, Nadia Alam, Md Asaduzzaman Khan
Production Of Cellulase By Pleurotus Ostreatus And Pleurotus Sajor-Caju In Solid State Fermentation Of Lignocellulosic Biomass, Md Ibrahim Khalil, Mia Mahmudul Hoque, Mafroz Ahmed Basunia, Nadia Alam, Md Asaduzzaman Khan
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
Bioconversion of cellulosic components into fermentable sugars has currently been accomplished with the help of the microbial enzyme, cellulase. In this study, Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacquin ex Fr.) Kummer and Pleurotus sajor-caju (Fr.) Singer were tested for cellulase production by solid state fermentation (SSF) using saw dust, sugarcane bagasse, and paddy straw as substrate. To enhance production, the substrates were pretreated with 1% and 4% NaOH solutions. Supernatants of extracted enzyme solutions were used to estimate reducing sugar and soluble protein, as well as enzyme activities. Maximum production of reducing sugar and soluble protein were recorded in 12 and 10 day …
Field Appraisal Of Seed Priming To Improve The Growth, Yield, And Quality Of Direct Seeded Rice, Hafeez Ur Rehman, Shahzad Maqsood Ahmed Basra, Muhammad Farooq
Field Appraisal Of Seed Priming To Improve The Growth, Yield, And Quality Of Direct Seeded Rice, Hafeez Ur Rehman, Shahzad Maqsood Ahmed Basra, Muhammad Farooq
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
Poor crop stand and high weed infestation are the major constraints of direct seeded rice. Seed priming has the potential to improve the seedling emergence and crop stand. This study was conducted to evaluate the on-farm assessment of direct seeded rice by employing different priming techniques such as on-farm priming, hydropriming, hardening, and osmohardening with CaCl_2 and KCl. Untreated seeds were taken as control. Among all the seed priming techniques, osmohardening with CaCl_2 improved the stand establishment, allometric response, agronomic traits, yield, and quality of harvested paddy compared with other priming techniques, and non-primed control in direct seeded culture. Improved …
Some Characteristics Of The Stagnation Stage In The Development Of Silver Fir (Abies Alba Mill.) Trees In Selection Forests In Serbia, Damjan Pantic, Stanisa Bankovic, Milan Medarevic, Snezana Obradovic
Some Characteristics Of The Stagnation Stage In The Development Of Silver Fir (Abies Alba Mill.) Trees In Selection Forests In Serbia, Damjan Pantic, Stanisa Bankovic, Milan Medarevic, Snezana Obradovic
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
A period of stagnation in silver fir development has been recorded in all felled trees in selection forests of Serbia (233 trees on Mt. Goc and 451 trees on Mt. Tara). In the selection forests on Mt. Goc, the stagnation stage ranges between 40 and 330 years, but on Mt. Tara, it ranges from 15 to 185 years. It was concluded that the duration was caused not by the ecological and productivity potential (site class) of the soil for fir development, but primarily by the growth space, resulting from the application of single-tree selection or group selection systems. It was …
Quantitative Trait Loci (Qtl) Analysis For Antioxidant And Agronomically Important Traits In Tomato (Lycopersicon Esculentum), Bi̇lal Ökmen, Hasan Özgür Şiğva, Nergi̇z Gürbüz, Mehmet Ülger, Anne Frary, Sami̇ Doğanlar
Quantitative Trait Loci (Qtl) Analysis For Antioxidant And Agronomically Important Traits In Tomato (Lycopersicon Esculentum), Bi̇lal Ökmen, Hasan Özgür Şiğva, Nergi̇z Gürbüz, Mehmet Ülger, Anne Frary, Sami̇ Doğanlar
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
Tomato is one of the most widely produced and consumed vegetable crops worldwide. Plant breeders have usually focused on improvement of horticulturally important traits such as yield, fruit size, shape and colour. With increased attention on human health, however, plant breeders also consider the improvement of health-related traits of fruits and vegetables such as antioxidant characters. In the present study, genes controlling both health-related and horticulturally important traits were mapped in the tomato genome using 152 Lycopersicon hirsutum BC_2F_2 individuals. For this aim, all plants were phenotypically and genotypically characterised and a total of 75 QTLs were identified for all …
Molecular Cloning And Functional Characterization Of A Na+/H+ Antiporter Gene From Halophyte Spartina Anglica, Tao Lan, Yuanlin Duan, Bin Wang, Yuanchang Zhou, Weiren Wu
Molecular Cloning And Functional Characterization Of A Na+/H+ Antiporter Gene From Halophyte Spartina Anglica, Tao Lan, Yuanlin Duan, Bin Wang, Yuanchang Zhou, Weiren Wu
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
Na^+/H^+ antiporters have been suggested to play important roles in salt tolerance in plants. English cordgrass (Spartina anglica) is a gramineous halophyte with very strong salt tolerance. It possesses salt glands in its stems and leaves, through which excess salt can be excreted. In this study, a vacuolar Na^+/H^+ antiporter homologous gene (temporarily named SaNHX1) was isolated from Spartina anglica by RT-PCR and rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE). Southern blot analysis suggested that there might be 2 or 3 copies of the vacuolar Na^+/H^+ antiporter genes in the English cordgrass genome. Northern blot analysis showed that the expression of …
Estimation Of Single Leaf Chlorophyll Content In Sugar Beet Using Machine Vision, Parviz Ahmadi Moghaddam, Mohammadali Haddad Derafshi, Vine Shirzad
Estimation Of Single Leaf Chlorophyll Content In Sugar Beet Using Machine Vision, Parviz Ahmadi Moghaddam, Mohammadali Haddad Derafshi, Vine Shirzad
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
Estimating crop nitrogen status accurately during side-dressing operations is essential for effective management of site-specific nitrogen applications. Variable rate technology (VRT) is one of the major operations in precision agriculture to reduce environmental risks and increase fertilizer use efficiency. In the present study, color image analysis was performed to estimate sugar beet leaf chlorophyll status. The experiment was carried out in a phytotron and nitrogen was applied at 6 levels to the sugar beet grown in pots. Chlorophyll level of the leaves was measured by a SPAD-502 chlorophyll meter. To estimate chlorophyll status, a neural-network model was developed based on …
Assessment Of Yield And Water Use Efficiency Of Drip-Irrigated Cotton (Gossypium Hirsutum L.) As Affected By Deficit Irrigation, Fuad Hussein, Mussaddak Janat, Abdallah Yakoub
Assessment Of Yield And Water Use Efficiency Of Drip-Irrigated Cotton (Gossypium Hirsutum L.) As Affected By Deficit Irrigation, Fuad Hussein, Mussaddak Janat, Abdallah Yakoub
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
A field experiment was conducted for 2 consecutive years to evaluate the response of cotton crop to deficit irrigation under drip irrigation conditions. Water use efficiency (WUE), seed cotton yield, and fiber quality parameters were assessed at various irrigation levels. The experiment was set up to apply water at 4 different application rates: 50%, 65%, 80%, and 100% of the soil water depletion. These were abbreviated as DI50, DI65, DI80, and FI, respectively. The total amounts of irrigation water applied were 408 and 773 mm and the average seed cotton yields were 2909 and 5090 kg ha^{-1} for the DI50 …
Fertilization Enhances Growth, Yield, And Xanthophyll Contents Of Marigold, Iftikhar Ahmad, Muhammad Asif, Atyab Amjad, Sagheer Ahmad
Fertilization Enhances Growth, Yield, And Xanthophyll Contents Of Marigold, Iftikhar Ahmad, Muhammad Asif, Atyab Amjad, Sagheer Ahmad
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
The effects of various NPK levels on growth, flowering, and xanthophyll contents of African marigold (Tagetes erecta, 'Double Eagle') and French marigold (Tagetes patula, 'Yellow') were investigated. Plant height, number of branches plant^{-1}, leaf area (cm^2), total chlorophyll contents (mg g^{-1}), number of flowers plant^{-1}, flower diameter, flower quality, fresh and dry weight of a flower, total flower weight plant^{-1}, blooming period, and days to flowering were maximum with 15:10:10 g m^{-2} NPK application. However, leaf nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium contents reached the highest values with 15:20:10, 5:20:10, and 10:20:10 g m^{-2} NPK application, respectively. Xanthophyll contents were higher in …